Media Encoder 2019 won't render AFX 2019 comp

[naldeau49]

installed new 2019 CC versions yesterday and today have tried several times to render a h.264 out of AME from an AFX 1920x1080 comp. only effects are lumetri color adjustments. the AFX comp will render a Pro-res movie successfully from the AFX render cue but when i send the same comp to media encoder to do an h264 version it hangs within seconds. no apparent error messages, AME just stops. i'm on a I-mac with OS sierra 10.12.6, drivers for Nvidia are up to date.

very frustrating because the h264 codecs no longer are available in the AFX render cue format options so i can't just render the h264 directly from AFX.

[ebrown0295]

I have had the same issue for weeks, I called Adobe customer support and they essentially told me I had to wait until an update came out to resolve the issue. I've also found that this issue isn't all that uncommon whenever adobe releases new editions of their programs each year. I doubt they will have a fix for you anytime soon based on my experience.

[algrolsch]

What workaround do you people have?

Do render a prores and then re-export in trough handbreak or something? Just go for the 422 hq?